Tag: Jose Ortega y Gasset

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitalitythe supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

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Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.

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Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

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The metaphor is perhaps one of man’s most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

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The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu

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The world is the sum-total of our vital possibilities.

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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

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We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness it is always urgent, ‘here and now,’ without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

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We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

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